The 777 turned left, turned off the transponder and said good night to Malaysian air traffic control. FLT 370 began a climbing zigzag pattern with no running lights, completely in the dark. The pilot was looking for another aircraft below heading west, probably a regularly scheduled aircraft who knew nothing about the 777. Upon sighting the lights of the possible westbound plane, the pilot of the 777 entered a dive to approach from the rear and ride on the coattails of this plane all the way to Pakistan or Iran. The Indian radar would never have been able to detect the 777. Was there such a westbound flight, please, somebody check the flight schedule? This would have been a risky and fun move by the pilot of the 777 but it may account for most of the reports to date.
At this hour the Australian Prime Minister has alerted us to possible aircraft debris off their west coast. Really, the search had previously investigated an erroneous satellite sighting by the Chinese just a week ago? Just when many knowledgeable opinions were gathering for a Pakistani or Iranian hijacking, we are distracted in the opposite direction. Our timid politics would really like this debris to be the 777, they would breath easier if all these people were dead from an accident or a suicide by pilot. There would be no hostages to be rescued and no national confrontation with paranoid nuclear countries. This sounds like peace but at what price?
One would hope that someone has a method to this madness.
G.Goslaw
Landers, Ca.
